Show HN: Rappad - Write better lyrics(rappad.co)
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Show HN: Rappad - Write better lyrics
http://rappad.co/
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The first instrumental that it played for me was "Shook Ones Pt. 2 Instrumental" by Mobb Deep, off of their Infamous album. That's in my personal top 10 list of favorite hip hop albums, and was super excited that this site somehow knew that ;)
On a side note, this is really clever. I love being able to quickly pull a random instrumental. The syllable counts are on point too, and it's nice that it makes you mix up the tempo of your flow.
Great job!
- edit: The landing page is great that it has a huge "Try it" button, but I actually went back to watch the video on the homepage thinking it would show me some examples, but it was some dude rapping instead. He's good, but not really my cup of tea at all. If I didn't click the "Try it" link and only clicked on the video, I would have most likely bounced.
On a side note, this is really clever. I love being able to quickly pull a random instrumental. The syllable counts are on point too, and it's nice that it makes you mix up the tempo of your flow.
Great job!
- edit: The landing page is great that it has a huge "Try it" button, but I actually went back to watch the video on the homepage thinking it would show me some examples, but it was some dude rapping instead. He's good, but not really my cup of tea at all. If I didn't click the "Try it" link and only clicked on the video, I would have most likely bounced.
Yeah, my bad. It's been mentioned before, but the landing page video is completely irrelevant, it's really just a placeholder. I don't know what other video to put there, maybe one day I can pay someone to make a tutorial vid.
Rap on your app.
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I really like the Freestyle feature, but the Beat control and Shuffle options aren’t working for me in the latest Firefox 20.0 on OS X 10.6.8.
Hmm, it's just a standard Flash embed. I wonder if maybe you have the latest version of Flash?
You were right about my Flash being out of date. I upgraded, and now it kind of works. A video loads, but it only plays if I click on the link that takes me to Youtube in a new window or tab.
Even if that’s a tiny bit inconvenient, it’s still neat that I can write one little rhyme about probabilistic estimators, click Freestyle 16 times, and then hear a song about buying whores from a store, going to war, poverty, prison time, heartbreak and exercise. All to the beat of “Hate it or Love it”, by The Game. Or maybe instead to the beat of “You Don’t Know My Name”, by Alicia Keys.
Even if that’s a tiny bit inconvenient, it’s still neat that I can write one little rhyme about probabilistic estimators, click Freestyle 16 times, and then hear a song about buying whores from a store, going to war, poverty, prison time, heartbreak and exercise. All to the beat of “Hate it or Love it”, by The Game. Or maybe instead to the beat of “You Don’t Know My Name”, by Alicia Keys.
This is awesome! Also confirms that just because I've been listening to hip-hop for the last 15 years, doesn't mean I can rap…
Monzy would crush everyone on this thread.
Would love to have this build full raps that have a chorus and verses. For example - 16 bars and then a catchy hook. Really cool start, though.
Welp you made exactly what I was trying to make. Way to go!
If you'd like to help, send me a note!
I would love to help out with this. It's an area of deep personal interest for me. I've got homepage/contact links in my hn profile. I'll write in a bit.
"Write lyrics better" would be a better tagline than "write better lyrics", which could be taken as an insult.
I disagree. "Write better lyrics" cuts right to the emotional need. I want to write better lyrics. "Write lyrics better," without further context, could refer to penmanship. It's a less impactful phrasing.
"Write better lyrics" implies your lyrics are in need of improvement. I'll let you be the one to tell your favorite artist that they can write better lyrics with RapPad.
I think your right! I will change it!
What are you using for syllable counting?
A simple regex!
That's why it's not perfect :(
check out the cmu pronouncing dictionary [http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cmudict] - it does both syllables and stresses.
Use an NLP library.
Hey, I saw you show this off at MHacks and I was deeply impressed with you then and to see that you have taken it even further is great. Good job and hopefully have a great product launch!
Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?
Also, I have a suggestion. You are already using emails as ids, why not use Persona?
Emails are easier to setup in devise. Would love to Persona, and other social logins, just a matter of time!
The "try hovering over the numbers on the side" bit is odd to me, if I'm going through the intro, I know what those numbers are. I ended up hovering over them expecting to get more details, and just got a label.
This is awesome! The drake video on the landing page was confusing/pointless to me, and I agree with zackbloom's comment about hovering over the numbers on the side. Other than that, really great idea & execution.
Yeah, just a placeholder for now until I get a real video there.
I agree about the syllables hover thing. Thanks for the feedback!
I agree about the syllables hover thing. Thanks for the feedback!
Yes I found the homepage confusing, and almost clicked away. I think this should be the homepage: http://rappad.co/editor. Just my opinion. I love the site. Nice work.
This is awesome! Why is Drake on the homepage?
Yeah, I was halfway through the video waiting for some overlay of the actual service or... something.
Placeholder video :(
Awesome! This is fun. Any plans to introduce rudimentary recording capabilities?
Yes! Debating on whether it should be video uploads or straight up in-page audio recording.
In page for sure. Will invite way more spontaneous recordings. Maybe try to mix in the background beat so the recordings sound like songs?
Integrate Etherpad, give users the ability to access old revisions and collaborate on rhymes
Now, that is fun. Good job.
To all my homies
commenting in hacker news
I just brought a little rhyme
that it helped me do
Cause when I bust all around
even PG looks
and every hacker here says
Go orange go.
And as I type this
I dont know what else to do
so give me a mic
and Ill show you how its done
Its not about being the best
or simply two plus two
but being a *killa*
when it comes
to committing code.
So check out my github
and star a thing or two
plus fork my repos
but hey, no pycon stuff
And as I finish up rhymes
and downvotes creep
I say hola to my peeps
and go back to work.
dope.
Great job! I love this and I'd love to collaborate, I own rap.io and want to build something very similar but with more of a social twist. Hit me up if you are interested in talking. E-mail's in my profile.
I love this sort of thing. I remember playing with patternsketch.com with some friends. It's the future!
I saw this hack at MHacks. Its amazing -- future of rap.
Freestyle is the best part. You can generate an entire (gibberish) rap song from one line:
What light through yonder window breaks?
To be great, i'm giving it all it takes
Lookin' at me, now they know my face
Driving my car to a foreign place
This is no trial, this a closed case
I ain't looking in her eyes but her face
Prps cover my eight’s, uhh, lemme switch my pace
Pluck ya ace, take ya girl, fuck her face
What light through yonder window breaks?
To be great, i'm giving it all it takes
Lookin' at me, now they know my face
Driving my car to a foreign place
This is no trial, this a closed case
I ain't looking in her eyes but her face
Prps cover my eight’s, uhh, lemme switch my pace
Pluck ya ace, take ya girl, fuck her face
Looks like it's taking lines from other songs that match a certain algorithm. There is already 2 other songs with the line "This is no trial, this a closed case" on rapgenious.com plus actual production songs on lyric databases with the same line.
Oh man, I would love to see this integrated with http://www.rhymezone.com/. Awesome stuff!
Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It was a little unintuitive, but pretty cool nonetheless.
Edit: just realized, double clicking on a word shows some possible rhyming words. It was a little unintuitive, but pretty cool nonetheless.
Can I see a name of the track currently playing in the freestyle mode?
Not yet. On the TODO list!
Did you build this at the M-Hacks Hackathon?
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This is awesome.
Y Combinator procrastinator, hacker news representer
Running up in pretty colos constantly
And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty
And don't bother me, high as shit from my broccoli
Y Combinator procrastinator, hacker news representer
Running up in pretty colos constantly
And Dame said he proud of my newfound honesty
And don't bother me, high as shit from my broccoli
I am challenging you to a rap-off.
I feel like this is something Ben Horowitz at a16z would love haha. Also, definitely chat with the guys at Rapt.fm
Quickly before I get back to work:
--------
Jazzy beats creep up in my seat,
My back arches low as the words start to seep
Straight out my mind, and down through the keys.
Thoughts and feelings show, so slow with the release.
Complementary to all the pain I hide inside,
I'm literally getting paid to rhyme on my boss's time.
Blasting words off of neuron connections,
A convex complexion changes all direction.
But that's what freestyles are for right?
Fleeting moments of feeling, no reason for stage fright.
--------
Jazzy beats creep up in my seat,
My back arches low as the words start to seep
Straight out my mind, and down through the keys.
Thoughts and feelings show, so slow with the release.
Complementary to all the pain I hide inside,
I'm literally getting paid to rhyme on my boss's time.
Blasting words off of neuron connections,
A convex complexion changes all direction.
But that's what freestyles are for right?
Fleeting moments of feeling, no reason for stage fright.
Anyone see tpoem? http://tpoem.com
Needs internal rhyme. Like http://www.b-rhymes.com/
Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable.
http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encycloped...
Something so key for rap is rhyming more than just one syllable.
http://rapgenius.com/posts/1669-The-rapper-s-flow-encycloped...